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US 6,779,479 B1Granted
Reach arm for mail signal apparatus
OwnerTheodore Agiusinventor
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Abstract
A reach arm (13) with opening to facilitate slide with arm/door bolt (24)protrudes out from mail signal apparatus when door is opened and after it is closed. Pushing protruding reach arm lowers/resets signal apparatus.
Claims1
On a mail box with a traditional signal indicator apparatus, including a mast, the improvement is an extended 12 inch shaft (13) that protrudes four inches beyond the mail box door wherein the back side of said shaft is attached to said mast (11) by an arm/mast bolt (22) and a lock nut (23) and slides along a slide nut (25) and an arm/door bolt (24) connected to the door (27);
- the groove on the front side of said shaft slides along an extension on the slide nut which protrudes outward and acts as a slide for said shaft;
- wherein said shaft and mast, with signal flag (12) attached by two nuts and bolts (29), are located on the opposite side of the mail box where the traditional signal indicator apparatus is located.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.